Painting by Pianta, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy

Painting, portrait of Tintoretto, an allegorical walnut wood sculpture by Francesco Pianta, 1657-76, in the Sala Capitolare or Chapter Room, in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a lay confraternity founded in 1478, based on the cult of St Roch, in San Polo in Venice, Italy. The series is moralising in tone, with vices and virtues, and representations of the arts. The sculptures are dossali, originally intended for the rear of an altar. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Manuel Cohen

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1515-60 1657-76 17th century allegorical allegory art artist brush Chapter Room color image colour image Confraternity of St Roch cult of St Roch dossali Europe European figure fine arts Francesco Pianta heritage history indoors inside interior Italian Italy Jacopo Tintoretto lay confraternity moralistic painter painting Pianta portrait portraiture Sala Capitolare San Polo sculptural detail sculpture Scuola Grande Scuola Grande di San Rocco Southern Europe Southern European Tintoretto tool Venetian Veneto Venice vertical walnut wood wooden

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